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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Meet the experts Nicki Hawkins – Cost Accountant & Head of Purchasing – Ribeye Boats , premium leisure boats in Dartmouth, Devon. Mark Houghton – CEO at Radical Cloud Solutions , our cloud solution specialist in Zimbabwe. We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

But the COVID-19 crisis, has required rapid operational solutions to unforeseen roadblocks. Quick solutions to employee shortages, remote working, and to ensure health and safety across the company need to be deployed. This boosts revenues and optimises inventory. These bottlenecks significantly change the priorities of leaders.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. More time and energy is spent on forecasts to reduce inventory that is no longer in use.

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How Cloud ERP can assist manufacturers with their procurement function

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As supply chain disruptions continue the procurement function should adapt to improve transparency, build collaborative relationships, and ensure sustainable sourcing practices, resulting in a stronger, more resilient supply chain with Cloud ERP for manufacturing. However, as teams become remote manual procurement has hampered operations.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. This work is important to me. I believe that supply chains build economies and save the world. Bio-engineering?

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One Man’s Trash: How Blockchain Can Target Food Waste to Help End World Hunger

Material Handling & Logistics

As it turns out, the solution to this growing problem may lie in our own refrigerators. billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. What’s more, net food losses in developed countries (222 million metric tons) equate to nearly all of the food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (223 million metric tons).

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Logistics technologies such as robotic warehouse systems make automation a reality, while drones improve last-mile delivery capabilities and better tracking with tools like RFID tags improve visibility throughout the supply chain. These advancements are accelerating thanks to better tools that were created in 2018. Marc Tuinier.